Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 233986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herrstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kirschweiler
Niederwörresbach
Weiden

Latitude: 49°46'31"N
Longitude: 7°17'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.775277777778,7.2938888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Harmotome	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Harmotome Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61263,61264	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61264	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	2	61263,61264	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	1	61264	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61263,61264	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	2	61263,61264	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61264,61267	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	354	248	2	61263,61264	1756
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61264	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	2	61263,61264	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61266,61267	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	2	61263,61264	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	2	61263,61264	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	2	61263,61264	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	354	248	2	61263,61264	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61263,61264	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61263,61264	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	4	61263,61264,61266,61267	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	5	61261,61263,61264,61266,61267	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61266	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

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